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1000 Birds

from early bird songs by Roger Dean Young

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1000 Birds

A thousand birds
The great rush of wings
Lifting off the lake
It’s 2 a.m.
Finally alone

Drove out of the city
The city where I was born
Now this fire’s so low
No reason for being
Here

Saturday morning
Walked past the oddfellows hall
Breakfast in a small town
Everyone somehow alone

I’ve heard the trains
I’ve watched the float planes fly by
The poet’s cycle I’ve tried
Even now it idles in the shade

Still don’t be alarmed
I’m not leavin’
In the emptiness I’ve come to find
There’ll be space for two
When you make it here

Magellan stares
He sees the same stars that I see
He says this ocean looks bleak
But there’s a passage there, my friend, for you and me

Now the settling
A thousand birds at rest
I play your song on my guitar
Lay down beside the lake
Whisper goodnight

Now don’t be alarmed
I’m not leavin’
In the emptiness I’ve come to find
There’ll be space for two
When you make it here

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from early bird songs, released April 2, 2021
Music by Roger Dean Young and Rebecca Till
Words by Roger Dean Young

Guitars, horns, noises and vocals - RDY
Musin' - Anne Young

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Roger Dean Young & the Tin Sea Victoria, British Columbia

Roger Dean Young is a singer-songwriter sprung from the foothills of Alberta and deposited on the West Coast of British Columbia.

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